Craigslist tips remix

[Zarky]

So recently a (fairly hot) chick told me that she was using craigslist to pick up guys for NSA sex. This surprised me because my one time using CL made me think that literally every 'W4M' personal was a scammer.

Most CL personals don't have any pic and the 'woman' has written maybe one or two lines. This does not seem at all legit to me and I've always shied away from CL because of this. And the one previous woman I did talk to on CL (years ago) sent me pics and was an obese 50 year old.

Are there any guys here who successfully use (or have unsuccessfully tried) to use CL to pick up chicks for casual sex? I'd be curious to know. I look at it and just can't get how it works.

I know how online dating works, I know how AFF works, and even that's fairly shady.. but CL is sort of a whole new level of shady. I'm fairly adventurous when it comes to sexual thrills. If I can get some freaky poon on CL, I'm down, but for some reason the whole site makes me feel like I'm going to get stabbed or scammed.

For those guys who have been able to get some on CL, are there tips or things to watch out for?

thx

 

[Maximummax]

Not a good idea, You may get robbed or stabbed
Go face to face pickup, daytime pick up.
CL is basically for scammers to get some money. you may get success after spending 1000's hours and sending or posting 1000's of times which i don't think is a good idea for you to do.

 

[Zarky]

keep in mind I'm looking for responses from guys who have used (or attempted to use) craigslist.

 

[Alex DeLarge]

I've used CL in the past, and actually had a slight amount of success.

The title to the girl's post was a song title of one of my favorite bands, when I replied to her talking about the band and asking her if she's seen them before we continued exchanging emails and pictures. She said I was hot.

Added her on FB to check out more pics, turned out she was a fatty. She had a nice face and beautiful eyes though. I didn't pursue because I did not want to lose my V plates to a fat chick.

I really feel that most women on CL trying to get a ONS or relationship are fatties or all sorts of fvcked up in the head. Think about the number of dudes that approach women.. Even not so great looking women. Those girls don't need CL to get laid, the sub-par women do.

Unless you're looking for a fatty or a BPD, stay away from CL.

Best to just stick with cold approaching in day or night game. You get a first hand social response on how the woman is mentally and physically, and you don't have to deal with the back and forth email BS.

 

[Zarky]

well, I do entirely online dating, so it's not the online dating I'm worried about, it's specifically CL, which is a strange breed of online dating. Though I appreciate you sharing your story...

 

[killerdiller]

I have used Craigslist for years, with great success. True, you probably won't have much luck responding to the women who post looking for men. The ones who respond are probably fat, and the few quality women out there will be inundated with responses and may not get to yours before she gets sick of **** pictures and call it quits.

I have not and would not suggest using Craigslist for casual sex encounters. It might work - the New York Times had a story about it sometime over the past few years - but you're taking a big chance and probably wasting your time.

This is how you succeed at craigslist:

You need to write an ad and let the women come to you. More importantly, you need to be a good writer who can sell yourself. Humor generally works. Avoid talking about your feelings or cuddling or other creepy crap. Do not talk about being lonely, do not talk about how you love to laugh, do not talk about how you've always wanted to be in love. That's what everyone else talks about and they're probably not getting much action. Do not include a picture of yourself in front of a mirror with a cell-phone. Do include a picture of some sort, because women are more likely to respond to posts that indicate a picture inside. By the time they realize you included some stupid picture of a sunset, they're probably already reading your post. Most importantly, make sure the title of your post is something catchy and different. If you're having trouble thinking of a title, look at the other men-seeking-women titles, and don't emulate them. Seriously, I can't tell you how many women have responded to my posts with, "Your post actually made me laugh out loud, so I HAD to write," and crap like that.

And keep in mind that the people who READ craigslist posts are far more numerous than the people who actually post. Plenty of women claim that they were just bored when they saw my posts, and maybe they were, but guess what? They weren't bored enough NOT to respond to my posts. Also keep in mind that plenty of quality women read craigslist posts. If you can write, come off as normal, and aren't awful looking, you can get a date with one of these women. I've dated women from Craigslist who were PhD students, waitresses, social network company executives, saleswomen, immigration lawyers, engineers, registered nurses, and teachers, just to name a few. While not all of these women were hot, plenty of them were.

Unlike OKCupid, which I've used and can also be gamed, if you write a good post, you will have little competition on Craigslist. (OKCupid, on the other hand, at least in my city, features a lot of clever writers).

Craigslist works for dating. You just have to use it correctly.

 

[Bible_Belt]

You need to write an ad and let the women come to you. More importantly, you need to be a good writer who can sell yourself. Humor generally works. Avoid talking about your feelings or cuddling or other creepy crap. Do not talk about being lonely, do not talk about how you love to laugh, do not talk about how you've always wanted to be in love. That's what everyone else talks about and they're probably not getting much action. Do not include a picture of yourself in front of a mirror with a cell-phone. Do include a picture of some sort, because women are more likely to respond to posts that indicate a picture inside. By the time they realize you included some stupid picture of a sunset, they're probably already reading your post. Most importantly, make sure the title of your post is something catchy and different. If you're having trouble thinking of a title, look at the other men-seeking-women titles, and don't emulate them. Seriously, I can't tell you how many women have responded to my posts with, "Your post actually made me laugh out loud, so I HAD to write," and crap like that.

That is all very good advice.

Everyone on the casual encounters section is cheating, swinging, gay or bi, or some combination thereof. It's not exactly the place to find a long term relationship.

 

[Zarky]

Interesting. So is it safe to say that pretty much all the W4M one-line personals are scams?

If not, there are a ton of 23 year old women looking to suck random shlongs!